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Verse Isaiah 51:4. _MY PEOPLE - O MY NATION_ - "O ye peoples - O ye
nations"] For עמי _ammi, my people_, the Bodleian MS. and another
read עמים _ammim, ye peoples_; and for לאומי _leumi, my
nation_,...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE - Lowth reads this;
Attend unto me, O ye people,
And give ear unto me, O ye nations.
The reason why he proposes this change is, that he supposes the
address here is made t...
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CHAPTER 51
Jehovah Encourages His Faithful People, the Remnant of Israel
1. _The call to remember Abraham (Isaiah 51:1)_ 2. _Zion to be
comforted (Isaiah 51:3)_ 3. His righteousness near and His arm...
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A HEARTENING CONSOLATION. Yahweh, in words that echo Isaiah 50:4, bids
His people, who seek the victory which ever eludes them, consider
their origin. Abraham was but one; yet He made him a great peop...
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LAW: i.e. the law of Moses, which was Jehovah's revealed instruction.
Compare Ma Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 1:4,
MAKE... TO REST. establish.
THE PEOPLE. peoples....
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Isaiah 51:1-16. Encouragements addressed to true Israelites
The strain of consolation, which was interrupted by the soliloquy of
the Servant at ch. Isaiah 50:4, is now resumed, and is continued till...
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_Hearken unto me_ Better as R.V. ATTEND UNTO ME, the verb being
different from that used in Isaiah 51:1_; Isaiah 51:7_.
_a law shall proceed from me_ See ch. Isaiah 2:3 ("for out of Zion
shall go fort...
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The universal extension of the true religion is the second ground of
comfort which the prophet is commissioned to offer to his fellow
believers. The language of Isaiah 51:4 is obviously moulded on tha...
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HEARKEN, &C.— The prophet, continuing the discourse of the Messiah,
explains particularly what he had expressed in general, and shews that
the first benefit prepared for the comfort of the afflicted c...
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3. RULE, CHAPTER 51
a. TURN TO JUSTICE
TEXT: Isaiah 51:1-8
1
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek
Jehovah: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of
the...
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE; AND GIVE E...
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51:4 nation. (b-12) _ Leummim_ , but here singular. see Genesis 25:23
. establish (c-23) Or 'make to rest.'...
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1, 2. In the past God made Israel a great nation from a single
ancestor, and that wonderful growth should be an encouragement to the
righteous remnant now to believe in their restoration....
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A law, etc.] through Israel, Jehovah purposes to reveal Himself to the
nations (Isaiah 42:1).
4, 5. THE PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.'...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 51
ABRAHAM WAS YOUR EARLY RELATIVE
V1 ‘Listen to me,’ says the *Lord. ‘You desire to l...
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In Hebrew, the language of the *Old Testament, the word ‘law’ is
_torah_. The basic meaning of this Hebrew word is ‘to point’, as
with a finger.
We are not to think of God’s law as merely a list of r...
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A LAW SHALL PROCEED. — “Law” and “judgment” include all
forms of divine revelation, and specially the “glad tidings” which
are the groundwork of the highest law. (Comp. Luke 1:77; Romans 1:17.)...
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הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ אֵלַי֙ עַמִּ֔י וּ
לְאוּמִּ֖י אֵלַ֣י...
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“AWAKE, O ARM OF JEHOVAH!”
Isaiah 51:1-11
This chapter is extremely dramatic. We are conscious that we are
nearing a revelation of unparalleled sublimity. As we hear the thrice
_Hearken_ in Isaiah 1:...
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Three messages to the faithful immediately follow. The first is a call
to courage (verses Isa 51:1-8), in which they are charged to look back
to Abraham, to look on to the nearness of God's activity,...
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Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a (d)
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
(d) I will rule and govern my Church by...
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_Nations. This was verified when the Bible was translated into Greek,
and still more by the preaching of the gospel._...
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Here is another gracious call of the Lord, full of mercy and love,
like the former; seemingly directed to those who have not only sought
the Lord, but are joined in covenant to him, and know him. The...
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4._Attend to me, my people. _There are good reasons why the Lord so
frequently demands that he shall be heard. We know by experience how
slow we are to hear him, especially in adversity; and even when...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52.
The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12
(Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a
fresh...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE,.... His special people, whether Jews or
Gentiles, chosen by him, taken into covenant with him; given to
Christ, redeemed by him as a peculiar people, and called by his grac...
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Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a
law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a
light of the people.
Ver. 4. _Hearken unto me._] See on Isaia...
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Isa. 51:4. "Hearken," etc. Here seems to be a prophecy of a new
revelation to be made of God's mind and will, and a new dispensation
or establishment of religion, for any constitution or establishment...
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_Hearken unto me, my people_ Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar
people, do not reject my counsel, which, I have told you, even the
Gentiles will receive, nor forsake the mercies of which even the...
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THE CERTAINTY OF DELIVERANCE...
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Hearken unto Me, My people, the invitation going forth once more and
with increased emphasis, AND GIVE EAR UNTO ME, O MY NATION, in the
attitude of most careful attention; FOR A LAW SHALL PROCEED FROM...
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4-8 The gospel of Christ shall be preached and published. How shall
we escape if we neglect it? There is no salvation without
righteousness. The soul shall, as to this world, vanish like smoke,
and t...
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HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE: seeing the Gentiles will hearken to me, as
I have formerly told you, take heed that you Jews, whom I chose to be
my peculiar people, do not reject my counsel, nor forsake y...
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Isaiah 51:4 Listen H7181 (H8685) people H5971 ear H238 (H8685) nation
H3816 law H8451 proceed H3318 ...
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CHAPTER 51 EXHORTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO GOD.
We now have here three remarkable calls to faithful Israel, ‘listen'
(Isaiah 51:1) - ‘attend' (Isaiah 51:4) - ‘listen' (Isaiah 51:7).
They have...
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GOD'S OR THE SERVANT'S CALL TO HIS TRUE PEOPLE TO CONSIDER HIS
EVERLASTING SALVATION (ISAIAH 51:4).
His people are not just to listen, they must also pay heed. They must
‘pay attention' to His instruc...
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Isaiah 51:1. _Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye
that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the
hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your f...
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CONTENTS: Final redemption of Israel and punishment of oppressors.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Although God's people are called upon to suffer much upon
earth, they have an eternal cause to...
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Isaiah 51:4. _A law shall proceed from me._ The gospel law of liberty
and love is here intended, as in Joel 2:31. No other law ever emanated
from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 51:5. _My righteousness is near._ Ch...
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_Hearken unto Me, My people_
THE ABSOLUTE IN HUMAN HISTORY
Time works mighty changes in human life.
Amidst the ceaseless whirl of mutation, is there nothing unchangeable?
Is life made up entirely of...
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_Hearken to Me_
THE THRICE “HEARKEN”
These paragraphs are exceedingly dramatic.
We become conscious that we are approaching a revelation of
unparalleled sublimity which shall be in Scripture what he...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 51:4 The second incentive (see vv. Isaiah
51:1) is that the truth of the Lord is going out to the nations with a
saving power that will outlast the universe....
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 51:1
AN ADDRESS TO FAITHFUL ISRAEL, SUGGESTING TOPICS OF COMFORT.
The address consists of three nearly equal strophes or stanzas, each
commencing with a call, _Shim'u elai_,...
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Tonight we have a marvelous study as we look at Isaiah, Chapter s
51-55, in which the prophet sees so clearly the suffering and the
rejection of God's provision for man in sending His Son to die for o...
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My people — Ye Jews, whom I chose to be my peculiar people. A law
— A new law, even the doctrine of the gospel. Judgment — Judgment
is here the same thing with law, the word of God, or the evangelical...